We already love our grille room and bar and indoor pool, but now we have a reason to shout about them. Thanks to the keen eye of some of our thoughtful staff, we’ve discovered the tiles in these beautiful spaces date back more than one hundred years.
Grouted underfoot in the Seaview grille room bar and indoor pool is tile that dates back to 1914 and was manufactured by a company called Mercer tile located just outside of Philadelphia. Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Bucks County Pennsylvania, built between 1911 and 1912, was once the sole producer of artistic tile for public and private buildings across the country. In its prime, a reign that lasted about thirty years, founder Henry Chapman Mercer’s work gained recognition as a bastion of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Today, the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works operates as a working museum where you can dive into the world of the late craftsman and watch trained and talented craftsmen mold wild Bucks county clay into Mercer tiles. Just something to think about when you visit us at Seaview and consider that each step forward is also one back in time. Book your stay with us today and discover your place in history!
